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By MEREDITH RODE
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
The roots of what are called “the arts” lie deep within the human past. They have served to nourish and express the hopes, the fears and the defining myths of human beings in every comer of our planetary home.
Laurie Marshall has called on those deep roots to construct a work which would not be alien in its meaning to many in the distant ages or to many who live in traditions different from her own. She has joined together movement, music, words and visual images in ways which echo the communal ceremonies of other times and cultures.
“Stories from the Dust in the Corner” speaks of death, and of course, by implication, what it means to live. The dust, ultimately, is us, but it serves as metaphor for all the complex inevitabilities of life, both good and bad. In the modern world, this mixed media creation might be called Performance Art or: simply, a dramatic presentation, but these are only categories not really relevant to the experience. It might as easily be seen as ritual ceremony or a rite of celebration and sorrow.
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